#Color

A New Blue and some Resources about Color

by Deb Shaw A New Blue Blue pigment discovered at Professor Subramanian’s lab at Oregon Stste University. Photo from Oregon State...

Aug 21, 20163 min read

Mummy Brown* and Other Historical Colors, Arranged by Date (More or Less) from Prehistory to Almost-Present, Veritable Hokum, by Korwin...

Sep 15, 20151 min read

by Deb Shaw NPR’s “Look at This” NPR posted a charming “Look at This” on October 23, 2014. Titled “This is Color: A Weird Little Lesson,...

Dec 2, 20141 min read

by Deb Shaw Eight crayons; photo from DataPointed: http://www.datapointed.net/2010/01/crayola-crayon-color-chart/ Many of us began our...

Oct 12, 20142 min read

by Deb Shaw A. Boogert manuscript image, reposted from http://www.thisiscolossal.com. High resolution, zoomable image can be viewed on...

May 5, 20141 min read

by Deb Shaw If you’re a fan of RadioLab, you may have heard the last episode about “Colors.” If you haven’t heard it, you’re in for a...

Sep 9, 20131 min read

by Deb Shaw Color test chart by X-Rite The X-Rite site has a new, nifty Hue Test they’ve developed. They report that 1 out of 255 women...

Jun 28, 20121 min read